NATO chief mocks 'broken' Russian submarine as Moscow denies malfunction


FILE PHOTO: Russian sailors line up on board the diesel-electric submarine "Novorossiysk" during the Navy Day parade in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea July 31, 2016. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak/File Photo

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -NATO chief Mark Rutte mocked Russia on Monday over the "limping" condition of one of its submarines as Russian authorities denied it had been forced to surface because of technical problems.

Russia's Black Sea Fleet said the diesel-powered submarine Novorossiysk had surfaced off France to comply with navigation rules in the English Channel, and rejected reports it had suffered a serious malfunction.

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